agog
/əˈɡɑɡ/
"agog" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agog” is uncommon English (frequency #82,970 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,970
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In eager desire, eager, astir.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agog · agog · English
agog · rank #82,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,970
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Agadir
Nearest frequency peer: Agadir (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “agog”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- affordably
affordably
17,033 corpus weight
- Agadir
Agadir
17,032 corpus weight
- agog
agog
17,031 corpus weight
- agreeably
agreeably
17,030 corpus weight
- Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo
17,029 corpus weight
- Aichi
Aichi
17,028 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “agog” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈɡɑɡ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agog” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agog is uncommon English at frequency #82,970 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈɡɑɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agog, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”). The correct English form is agog, spelled A-G-O-G.
Definition
- 1In eager desire, eager, astir.
- 2Wide open.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.
Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side;
Etymology
From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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